On Thursday, June 14, 2007 at 5:30 pm the Library of Virginia will host a 
special program, titled “May We Be Worthy of Our Birthright”: Defining the 
Meaning of America at the Jamestown Commemorations, 1807–2007. John 
d'Entremont, the Theodore H. Jack Professor of History at Randolph Macon 
Woman’s College, will explore the effort to define America at the Jamestown 
commemorations of 1807, 1857, 1907, 1957, and 2007. Because America has 
always been a set of hopes as well as a spot on a map, and because the 
founding of the United States was accompanied by a document proclaiming 
principles as the nation's reason for being, every generation of Americans has 
been consumed with interpreting those principles and arguing over their 
application. Americans, by definition, care—and often disagree—about what it 
means and what it requires to be American. Civic commemorations are one 
venue at which that concern becomes vivid. Please RSVP to Jan Hathcock at 
804-692-3592 if you are able to join us for this free event.


Upcoming events:

Wednesday, June 20, 2007, book talk at noon: The Best of Friends: Two 
Women, Two Continents, and One Enduring Friendship by Sara James and 
Ginger Mauney 

Thursday, June 28, 2007, book talk at noon: _Sexuality, Politics, and Social 
Control in Virginia, 1920–1945_ by Pippa Holloway

Wednesday, July 11, 2007, special musical event at 5:30pm: Bob Carlin: Birth 
of the Banjo, please RSVP to Joseph Papa at 804-692-3900

Thursday, July 12, 2007, book talk at noon: _The Dance of Time: The Origins 
of the Calendar_ by Michael Judge